Posted by aubin on Thursday, June 15, 2006 at 1:35 PM (EDT)
An unusual story related to Green Day has their album cover helping to defuse a potentially dangerous situation in Halifax, England. The logo, which features a hand holding a grenade shaped like a
heart, allowed a 12 year-old English girl to identify some very dangerous small munitions in her back yard.
Ruby Wilson, of Halifax, England, was doing a little gardening when she discovered a live grenade lying among the weeds. Ruby recognized the item as a grenade from a Green Day shirt she owns and took the grenade to her father who immediately called the police. The bomb squad was dispatched to the area and the nearby houses and businesses were evacuated, including a munitions factory, in order to safely remove the World War II-era grenade. The grenade was later detonated in a controlled explosion at a nearby playing field. The image appears on the band's latest album, American Idiot. Of course, this isn't the first time the band has been connected with unusual "miracles." Last March, the band's album helped another young Brit recover from a coma. Green Day (129 comments)
Please login or register to post comments.What are the benefits of having a Punknews.org account?
Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way. Seriously.
Dante3000 (rich) (June 15, 2006)
Best news article ever! 2+ Replies
Someone (June 15, 2006)
she's 12 years old and it took a green day album cover for her to know what a grenade is? 1+ Reply
entropy666 (June 15, 2006)
I once played American Idiot and it warded off a troupe of attacking bears. Then, my Mom threw it out (FUCK YOU MOM) and the next day it was back in my room-- resurrected. Like Jesus. Coincidence? 3+ Replies
Jimmy_the_Saint (June 15, 2006)
I hear that she knows what a gun looks like from the Kerplunk! artwork. 2+ Replies
Kidswhowearmakeuprgay (June 15, 2006)
Wow that was pretty cool but heres what im wondering. 10+ Replies
Coldwaffles (June 15, 2006)
hahahahaha
CrookedSuperhero (June 15, 2006)
Whoa, it's been a while since you posted a jokey story Aubin. 2+ Replies
entropy666 (June 15, 2006)
I just wish I'd find grenades on my lawn. You can't buy that sort of convenience. 1+ Reply
Someone (June 15, 2006)
I see you guys fixed it from "An unusual Green Day" to "An unusual story related to Green Day". It took me like four times to understand that first sentence. They seem like a pretty normal band to me.
RiseAgainstSSCC (June 15, 2006)
When I read this I thought of a 1950's Britian with factorys and men with black smuges on their face 2+ Replies
Someone (June 15, 2006)
i just love the fact that she BROUGHT IT to her dad...
Someone (June 15, 2006)
World Cup Winner? 8+ Replies
SalsaShark (June 15, 2006)
I should go listen to "409 In Your Coffeemaker" right now. Maybe that will inspire one of those kids to put 409 in their coffeemaker, and then Green Day can be the new Marilyn Manson/Beavis & Butthead effigy. 1+ Reply
miniblindbandit (June 15, 2006)
Someone (June 15, 2006)
"The grenade was later detonated in a controlled explosion at a nearby playing field." 1+ Reply
Someone (June 15, 2006)
So...she had to look at her Green Day T-shirt to know what a grenade looks like, dumbass. Any reason to get them into the public eye a-fucking-gain. 2+ Replies
I-type-poorly (June 15, 2006)
Tennage girls that openly carry revolvers... take them to your parents as well.
el_matt (June 15, 2006)
My guesses for what will happen next: Green Day's image appears on a piece of toast or a a baby will be born with a birthmark that looks like Billy Joe Armstrong
psychosis_cheer (June 15, 2006)
thats just reaching, although my life was saved by an old Mentors shirt, i was gonna go down on a girl and noticed some red and realized she was on her period, i remembered the shirt with red comming out of the vagina so stopped, who knows what could of happend, thanx mentors!
Someone (June 15, 2006)
Soon it will be the American Idiot movie that saves 12 year olds. It will feature the heart grenade, i just have to figure out how.......
boba_fett (June 15, 2006)
12 year old girls play with dolls, not GI Joes. therefore, a 12 year old girl should not be expected to know what a grenade looks like.
WorryRock (June 15, 2006)
Breaking news: green day has a picture of a hand grenade on their latest album, and somebody found a hand grenade, green day green day green day!!! wow! 2+ Replies
| Features
Previous
Exclusive StreamsNewest Reviews
Punknews.org TeamManaging EditorAdam WhiteNews EditorsKira WisniewskiBrittany Strummer Andrew Waterfield Katy Hardy Matthew Baldwin Armando Olivas John Flynn Video EditorChris MoranSocial Media EditorJustin AugustCopy EditorAmelia ClineReviews EditorJoe PeloneInterviews EditorRichard VerducciPublisherAubin PaulISSN 1710-5366© Copyright 1999-2012 Punknews.org Other Places to GoPunknews.org Flickr Pool |






slow news day, eh?